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7:00 PM,
Apr. 8, 2014

U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble, R-Sherwood

Written by

Donovan Slack
Gannett Washington Bureau

Rep. Reid Ribble calls himself a "budgeteer" and can often be heard ruminating on the fiscal benefits of such banal-sounding topics as inter-modal transportation.

So when the Green Bay-area Republican decided to tackle the issues of chronic diabetes, obesity and Alzheimer's, he approached it as a number-cruncher. The product of his work - the "Long-Term Studies of Comprehensive Outcomes and Returns for the Economy Act" - was slated to be introduced Wednesday.

The bill would provide $5 million annually to create and run a division within the Congressional Budget Office that would focus ...